This dashboard uses data from the publicly available SEER colorectal
cancer dataset, provided by the National Cancer Institute.
Data were collected from hospital records and state cancer registries
covering individuals aged 18 to 50 residing in Georgia.
The dataset includes case counts and population data aggregated by
county and race group.
The analysis focuses on the time period from 2000 to 2010.
County-level incidence rates were calculated using standardized
population counts and matched to geographic shapefiles for
visualization.
This scatter plot shows the relationship between population size and colorectal cancer incidence rate in Georgia counties (2000–2010).
Key Takeaways
The majority of counties have populations under 500,000 and incidence rates between 5 and 20 per 100,000.
Larger counties show less variability in incidence rates, clustering around consistent values.
Counties with smaller populations tend to have greater variation, including outliers with very high rates, possibly due to data instability in low-population areas.
Reading layer `tl_2010_13_county10' from data source
`E:\Project\Data\tl_2010_13_county10.shp' using driver `ESRI Shapefile'
Simple feature collection with 159 features and 18 fields
Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
Dimension: XY
Bounding box: xmin: -85.60516 ymin: 30.35576 xmax: -80.75143 ymax: 35.00066
Geodetic CRS: NAD83